Floating-point numbers are used to store approximate numeric values that are not integers, such as the numeric value of pi (3.14159…) where the decimal point is “floating”—that is, not always in the same position.
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Floating-point numbers are used to store approximate numeric values that are not integers, such as the numeric value of pi (3.14159…) where the decimal point is “floating”—that is, not always in the same position.